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Scientific Revolution Webquest Directions: You will need a pen/pencil, this worksheet from my website, and a pair of earbuds in order to listen to the videos. Watch the videos and then go to the websites in order to answer the questions.

Nicolas CopernicusVideo: http://www.history.com/shows/the-universe/videos/beyond-the-big-bang-copernicusCopernicus Site http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/copernicus-bornExplain the Ptolemaic version of Geocentric Theory?

How was Copernicus’ Heliocentric theory different?

What three later Scientific Revolutionaries were heavily influenced by him?

Johannes KeplerVideo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a19LTnXkyVQKepler Site: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/universe-is-created-according-to-kepler

How did Kepler improve on Galileo’s ideas of orbital movements?

What were his laws based on?

Which English Scientist did he influence?

Galileo GalileiVideo: http://www.history.com/shows/the-universe/videos/beyond-the-big-bang-galileo-galileiGalileo Site: http://www.history.com/topics/galileo-galilei

Name: Block:

What was the ‘Starry Messenger’?

Who did it contradict?

Which Scientific Revolutionary influenced him?

What did the Roman Catholic Church do to him for his support of Heliocen-tricism?

Search the site to explain what Eppur si muove means and how it applies to him.

Sir Isaac NewtonVideo: http://www.history.com/videos/isaac-newton-and-a-scien-tific-revolution#isaac-newton-and-a-scientific-revolutionSite: http://www.biography.com/people/isaac-newton-9422656

Which earlier Scientists influenced Newton? (hint, you have studied them)

What Theory is Newton most commonly known for and how does it apply to Science?

Sir Francis BaconBacon Site:http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/bacon_fran-cis.shtml

Which Scientific ideas did Bacon dispute?

What were his assumptions in Novum Organum about the scientific method?